Then came the eighth inning, and the latest Mets meltdown that followed. The two-out grand slam by Giants catcher Patrick Bailey that put San Francisco ahead sucked the life out of the entire stadium. Then the boos rained upon Reed Garrett, who gave up the home run, like a microburst of rage over Flushing aimed not so much at him, but at the whole underachieving bunch.
There has been a lot of bad baseball since the late '80s, but a few shining moments in between, like 1999-2000, 2006, 2015, and 2022, are buried under a mountain of amassed Mets failures over the last 38 years.
losing—the trait seemingly ingrained into the Mets' DNA since those awful early years.
Those few moments of success are overshadowed by the consistent failures, creating a rollercoaster of emotions for fans.
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